tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299151432011-11-02T16:17:34.713-05:00This is the blog of Marking Twain, a rock band from Ohio. MT plays music that you lift weights to, and then bring home to show your mom (if your mom's cool). Check out more info about the band at <a href="www.markingtwain.com">www.markingtwain.com </a>Marking Twainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663665465337614524noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-84285823327756687042007-04-02T19:49:00.000-05:002007-04-02T20:26:49.513-05:00

Jesse has been keeping this blog on life support for way too long, and it's time that the rest of us got our act together and made this vision a reality - and by vision I mean getting a first-hand perpective of 5 rock stars (or want-to-be rock stars). Too bad this stuff doesn't make it onto MTV - we're only missing fabricated drama as well as an unlimited drinking budget to compete with such

Chris Hellmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808185459788661159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-17134799410551974572007-03-21T10:51:00.000-05:002007-03-21T15:05:49.414-05:00

so new york was fun, and we're definitely going to be back at the bitter end. we hit a miserable bizzard on the way back west in pennsylvania. i guess that figures. huge thanks to anne and erin for taking such slick pics in NY.

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-85757551007758686672007-01-27T16:22:00.000-05:002007-01-27T17:01:17.875-05:00

the last week has been insanely stressful but extremely rewarding. i posted friday afternoon about our thursday night. friday night was freaking awesome. we played with 3 great bands. jakob freely, steve razska band, and red wanting blue. to make a long story short, they were turning people away at the poison room. the place sold out.that, ladies and gentlemen, is freaking awesome.it was freezing

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-64430544893409393322007-01-19T16:50:00.000-05:002007-01-22T00:40:14.971-05:00

5:00pm - walk home from a miserably boring class. stop by "a place to eat," talk to the owner, a dude our age who dropped out of school to do something on his own. end up buying more shit than i want because i feel bad for the guy. we'll have to pack up as soon as i get back to the house.5:15 - return home. sit and watch fuse music TV while eating my sub and drinking expensive cranberry juice

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-59542855918113955472007-01-14T03:03:00.000-05:002007-01-14T03:14:19.290-05:00

at 10PM tonight i finally hit real drums. its been over a month of pre-production, and while i still haven't actually tracked anything, it was nice to feel that wood in my hands again and smack something. twas an interesting day, all things considered. we spent a good part of the day setting up different microphones, getting different sounds, and figuring out the best way for me to monitor and

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-25397829695193152232007-01-13T15:15:00.000-05:002007-01-13T19:18:59.429-05:00

i'm back in nashville preparing to track drums. all is well, i've slept tight on chris hellmann's air mattress two nights in a row now. its wonderful and comfy.we may track some of the drums on analog tape, which is freakin sweet. back in the day, premium, a band some of us were in, once recorded most of our album on analog. its totally sexy and romantic. i'm getting hot just being in the room

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-51376912978714412042007-01-08T15:11:00.000-05:002007-01-08T15:22:01.870-05:00

we have returned to our home in southwest ohio. besides the fact that we now have the luxury of sleeping in beds instead of on air mattresses/floors, it sucks compared to recording in nashville. there is no other way to put it. and we have a LOT more to do before this 5 song "package" is finished. i think we have finalized the 5 songs that we will be actually doing. the list so far:knock

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-83768532828023492872007-01-03T19:40:00.000-05:002007-01-03T20:21:24.354-05:00

at this moment: listening to ben talk about when he got caught smoking a cigarette in 6th grade. its amazing the wonderful things that come out in the intimate setting in which we currently reside. ben is on his way to a caffeine tweak. this means he will go from guitar to guitar in this studio and play every single one.ashley parker angel is going to be on broadway starring in hairspray. way to

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-13461692213750388542007-01-02T15:40:00.000-05:002007-01-02T23:07:24.062-05:00

Somehow we find ourselves entering yet another year. The fact that we're in 2007 is a huge deal. 2007 is a year that has been on my radar since a very young age as the year that seemed forever away. "graduating from college" seemed ridiculous, and that was to happen in 2007. Well, 2007 is here.For Marking Twain, 2006 was an insanely good year. Jan 1st 2006 we had played once out of Cincinnati,

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-56093235965836144262006-12-30T18:29:00.000-05:002006-12-30T18:50:42.735-05:00

after a nice little x-mas, we're back at it. we got back into town a few days ago, and have been enjoying nashville in a way we couldn't before we had christmas money padding our pockets. we went grocery shopping and was actually able to buy some food to compliment my chicken steaks and green beans. that has been a pleasant change.yesterday we had the chance to see some pretty bitchin live music.

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-22066552214645427182006-12-24T22:58:00.000-05:002006-12-25T15:58:46.882-05:00

Two days away from recording and I'm totally bored. Anyway I figured I'd write a new blog. Scott and I went to Tower Records last week in Nashville and it got me athinkin.It seems like every music blog I've read over the past week is either lamenting or reveling the fall of tower records. I guess it's kind of a big deal. Apparently their demise symbolizes a number of things; the end of the

jesse feisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999926534226018905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1166764600055911682006-12-22T00:05:00.000-05:002006-12-22T00:26:22.296-05:00

we just ate burritos for dinner. puke may be in the near future. currently we are sitting around this studio mixing down the four songs we have finished pre-production on. they sound very very cool. we're pumped at how they are shaping up. tonight will be our last night until next week when we return from christmas in cincinnati.oh, i want to give a HUGE congrats to our friends powerspace.

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1166555142700719242006-12-21T13:43:00.000-05:002006-12-22T00:30:56.596-05:00

well, we have now started the recording process. we moved in on friday, we hung out saturday and had a ridiculous time celebrating scott's birthday saturday night. i'll spare the details on that one, but i will include the fact that all 5 of us were kicked out of a fine nashville establishment. all the fault lies upon a dude named henry. he's the lead singer of a cover band. enough said?my

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1166309325221152222006-12-16T17:43:00.001-05:002006-12-16T17:52:28.000-05:00

we have arrived in nashville. its december yet somehow the temperature is 70 degrees and not a cloud is in the sky. we might go sunbathing. actually i'm naked right now on the roof writing this journal. enough on that though. scott and i arrived at around noon yesterday and checked into our townhouse/apartment that we're renting. the rest of the band got here at around midnight. our

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1164093144262826882006-11-21T01:00:00.000-05:002006-11-21T02:25:38.920-05:00

A new blog (!). its time to post something at least.First of all, I want to apologize in advance. For a number of reasons, this blog is probably going to resemble traffic in Paris. BUT I digress. What has Marking Twain been up to, you may wonder. Well, I will tell you. Marking Twain has been watching television and allowing our minds to rot from all of the pathetic but completely consuming

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1163400353535472032006-11-13T01:40:00.000-05:002006-11-13T01:45:54.220-05:00

We've allowed ourselves to fade into cyberspace oblivion these last couple months regarding our blog updates/website updates, so I thought I would try and keep it real with some quick updates. First, we are the biggest band in the world. Seriously, haven't you heard the news?? well...err...not realy...at least not yet. We won't settle for anything less than that unless we fuse ourselves to the

Chris Hellmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808185459788661159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1158340998145780122006-09-15T11:49:00.000-05:002006-09-15T13:33:14.530-05:00

Since we last posted, Drew shaved his head, we wrote a ton of new songs, we moved into a house together, Chris and Drew got new sweet guitars, and, most importantly, the band ordered DVR from our cable company. DVR has changed all of our lives, but for me, the experience has been particularly earth shattering.I am the eldest child of a wonderful, idealistic and headstrong mother. I was reading

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1153197948815439542006-07-17T23:45:00.000-05:002006-07-17T23:45:48.820-05:00

After an unbelievable week of traveling, playing, and spending time with my best friends I will undoubtedly say the road trip was a huge success. We played shows in Columbus, Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati within a week's time! It was my first time in NYC, and it lived up to its reputation as one of the world's biggest but busiest cities. When you

Chris Hellmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808185459788661159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1152489144958120072006-07-09T18:20:00.000-05:002006-07-09T18:52:24.970-05:00

Sooo we are back at home base oxford ohio after an absolutely crazy week. lets say this: i slept from 4AM till 1:30 today, got up and ate some lunch with a few of the guys from groove addiction, and then went back to sleep for another 5 hours. I think we're all pretty exausted, but we had a hell of a time. The last two shows were probably the most fun. We played in Chicago on friday night,

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1152320813086803642006-07-07T20:02:00.000-05:002006-07-07T20:06:53.086-05:00

we have arrived in chicago.its my favorite city so far. the weather outside is perfect, which has been a rarity on this trip. this is our third time to chicago, so its become a little more familiar to us, but its been freeeeezing cold the past two times. today its the perfect weather. in about 15 minutes we're going to head over to wise fool's pub and begin another evening. we're playing

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1152285247381270862006-07-07T10:07:00.000-05:002006-07-07T10:21:16.146-05:00

Soo we're in Toledo now, just waking up from a loooong day of driving. We almost made the crucial mistake of staying at the crappiest hotel in ohio last night, but with the warning of a couple on their way out (it was reminicent of a horror movie - set in the cornfields and everything) we decided on a more respectable institution. In about 20 minutes we're out of here and off to "sweet home

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1152215923180032482006-07-06T14:42:00.000-05:002006-07-07T20:01:52.656-05:00

wow. there are a million things to talk about here. at this point we're sitting in a panera in a new jersey strip mall. internet access has been sporadic, so these posts are hit or miss. we had a crazy time in new york. absolutely crazy. the city is amazing, inspiring, and vibrant. we arrived super late on tuesday and drove straight to long island, where drew's dad's old friend let us park

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1152137934144599342006-07-05T17:16:00.000-05:002006-07-05T17:21:38.803-05:00

So we're back on the road again, after absolute awesome chaos in Columbus and Pittsburgh. Sorry for the delay in updating - we haven't really had internet access for a while. Here's a rundown of what has happened. The in-store performance at the Apple Store in Columbus on Saturday went excellent. We set up everything and worked with Drew - a "mac genius" engineer for the Apple music recording

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1151791389511384442006-07-01T16:54:00.001-05:002006-07-01T17:03:09.513-05:00

so we just finally got all of our stuff into the apple store here in columbus. its looking good - looking like it'll be good stuff. its sunny and ridiculously hot, which made loading all of the stuff in quite the sweatshow. our good friend jon franz (he actually directed the madison video) is here helping us out with all kinds of stuff. a funny thing happened to drew and myself while we were

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1151784906481235572006-07-01T15:14:00.000-05:002006-07-01T15:15:06.483-05:00

I promised myself I would eat healthy food on this trip and what's the first thing Drew and I do this morning?- go to McDonald's of course! Oh well, when life hands you cheeseburgers- either eat them or throw them at the inevitable stampeding PETA peeps. Did I tell you we had a show last night. We had a show last night and it was nothing short of an orgy with thousands of beautiful librarians

Marking Twainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663665465337614524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1151674293173947302006-06-30T07:53:00.000-05:002006-07-01T15:11:45.103-05:00

So i believe that we may in fact be ready for this upcoming week, at least performance-wise. We practiced again last night and it was good. I think we're sounding pretty tight - especially considering we hadn't played together in over two months. The Ben Kubicki factor is back in full effect; his fingers may be raw, blistered and out of shape, but his general demeanor is just as smug as

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1151198375256879072006-06-24T20:15:00.000-05:002006-06-29T10:52:56.403-05:00

Hey all,This is the dawn of a new era. We're going to start blogging on a regular basis here as a way to keep everybody updated as what we're up to and what is going down in the world of Marking Twain. Next week we'll embark on our first trip that could legitimately be considered a "tour," although I'd prefer to reserve that term for bigger and better things. We'll be starting here in our

Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942040509524907856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1150689122364621602006-06-18T22:51:00.000-05:002006-06-18T22:52:02.386-05:00

this is another test to see how this works

Marking Twainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663665465337614524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29915143.post-1150686163717622642006-06-18T22:02:00.000-05:002006-06-24T20:21:25.693-05:00

THis is a test to see if we're the HOSTS of this muthafuckin shindig

Marking Twainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663665465337614524noreply@blogger.com0